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Spell of the Sensuous

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Informationen zum Autor DAVID ABRAM, Ph.D., is an ecologist and philosopher whose writings have had a deepening influence upon the environmental movement in North America and abroad. A summa cum laude graduate of Wesleyan University, he holds a doctorate in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and has been the recipient of fellowships from the Watson and Rockefeller Foundations and a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction. He is an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician and has lived and traded magic with indigenous magicians in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Americas. Klappentext Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez. Zusammenfassung Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks! word magic! the speech of stones! the power of letters! and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations! human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature! and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals! plants! and natural objects (including mountains! rivers! winds! and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How! then! did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth?  In The Spell of the Sensuous  David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty! Balinese shamanism! Apache storytelling! and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language! which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work! Abram weaves his arguments with a passion! a precision! and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley! Annie Dillard! and Barry Lopez. ...

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Authors David Abram
Publisher Vintage USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 25.02.1997
 
EAN 9780679776390
ISBN 978-0-679-77639-0
No. of pages 368
Dimensions 132 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
Subject Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology

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